Dec 09, 2024 FINLAND: MONOPOLY OPERATOR SANCTIONED FOR MARKETING GAMBLING TO MINORS By Pia Ek Maria Karpathakis The Finnish Police Board (NPB), which regulates gambling in Finland, has issued a prohibition order against state monopoly operator...
Dec 06, 2024 Modernising the UK Media Mergers Regime By Andrew Cox Dr Saskia King Alienor Troletti The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation into proposed changes to the media mergers regime. These...
Nov 28, 2024 Slots and the Statutory Levy: Labour’s first gambling reforms By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn Andy Danson On 27 November the government announced its plans for a new statutory levy on gambling operators, whilst also confirming that stake...
Nov 25, 2024 Riot Games introduces a new dispute resolution process By Will Deller Alex Shkurka Riot Games (Riot), the publisher of hugely popular games such as League of Legends and Valorant, has now launched its own esports dispute...
Nov 22, 2024 Levelling Up: Women in Esports | Women's Sport Series By Will Deller Sophie Stoneham In this episode of the MediaWrites Podcast: Women's Sport Series, gaming lawyers Will Deller & Sophie Stoneham are joined by special...
Nov 13, 2024 ASA Shows its Hand in relation to Social Slots By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger Chibu Akpakwu The ASA recently published five decisions relating to "social slot" games. Here we examine these decisions to outline the key lessons for...
Oct 31, 2024 Women’s Sport Series: Podcast Summary - Sportswomen in the Retail Game By Lereesa Easterbrook Catriona Hodgson Retail overlaps and sponsorship opportunities in the world of women’s sport have soared in recent years, with collaborations such as...
Oct 25, 2024 Family-friendly Policies in Women's Sport | Women's Sport Series By Jonathan Goldsworthy Natalie Ali Jon Goldsworthy, a partner in Bird & Bird’s UK Employment team, and Natalie Ali, an associate in Bird & Bird’s UK Employment team,...
Oct 17, 2024 Women’s Sport Series – Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024: IOC and IPC make further progress on gender parity By Craig Giles Intisar Abdi The 2024 Olympic Games has been rightly celebrated for the fantastic progress in pursuit of gender equality, with this year’s Games...
Oct 16, 2024 European consumer organisation challenges in-game monetisation landscape as unfair By Will Deller Sophie Stoneham In-game monetisation, whether through (among other things) the sale of in-game items, additional content or new features, is an...
Oct 04, 2024 The ASA’s guidance on AI as a marketing term By Evie Scott AI and advertising A report by McKinsey in 2023 estimated that AI technology has the potential to add between $2.6 trillion and $4.4...
Sep 30, 2024 ASA demonstrates an increasing focus on Online Choice Architecture By Intisar Abdi Craig Giles As part of a wider piece of work on online choice architecture, the ASA has recently published two key rulings finding the advertisement...
Sep 24, 2024 FIFPRO’s Postpartum Return to Play Guide – Guidance for Regulatory Changes By Lereesa Easterbrook Eloise Barry As calls for greater equality in women's professional football ramp up, awareness is growing of the need to support players who decide to...
Aug 20, 2024 A New Gambling Survey for Great Britain By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger On 25 July 2024, the Gambling Commission launched the new Gambling Survey for Great Britain (the GSGB). Going forwards, the GSGB will be...
Aug 16, 2024 Technology at Play – AI Tools for Player Scouting a Game-Changer in Football? By Ayo Adebajo Harry Ferguson Early indications are that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a transformative effect on player scouting within professional sport,...
Aug 12, 2024 Finland ending its online gambling monopoly in 2027 By Pia Ek Maria Karpathakis The online gambling monopoly in Finland is soon to be a thing of the past, as the state moves towards market liberalisation. In July...